Baptism and the Lord's Supper

Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. Being a church ordinance, it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the Lord’s Supper. The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming. Matthew 3:13-17; 26:26-30; 28:19-20; Mark 1:9-11; 14:22-26; Luke 3:21-22; 22:19-20; John 3:23; Acts 2:41-42; 8:35-39; 16:30- 33; 20:7; Romans 6:3-5; 1 Corinthians 10:16,21; 11:23-29; Colossians 2:12

Memory Verse

2 Corinthians 5:17 NASB 2020

17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

Draw lines to connect symbol and sacrament with their correct definitions.

Symbol A Christians rite as a means of grace

Sacrament A Christian rite as a picture.

An ordinance is ___ a command ___ a sacrament

True or False

__ 1. The mode or form of baptism is not important.

__ 2. Baptists practice baptism by immersion because of tradition.

__ 3. The Greek word for baptism refers to complete immersion in water.

__ 4. We are commanded to baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

__ 5. A believer publicly professes faith in Christ by the act of baptism.

__ 6. Baptism pictures a believer’s death to sin and his resurrection to walk in new life.

__ 7. Baptism pictures Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection.

__ 8. Scripture presents sprinkling as a legitimate mode of baptism.

Baptists reject infant baptism because (choose one).

__ Scripture reserves baptism for persons who are conscious believers in Christ.

__ early church history does not support infant baptism.

__ baptism is commanded for adults only.

Baptists reject the belief of some groups that baptism saves (baptismal regeneration) because

__ early Baptists voted to reject baptismal regeneration

__ the early church taught against baptismal regeneration

__ we are saved by faith alone

True or False

__ The Lord’s Supper is a reenactment of the Last Supper that Christ observed with His disciples.

__ The Lord’s Supper was instituted by the early church.

__ In the Lord’s Supper the bread represents the body of a believer who is wholly consecrated to God.

__ The fruit of the vine represents the blood of Christ.

__ The Lord’s Supper helps save a person.

__ The Lord’s Supper alerts a believer to be on guard against personal sin.

__ The elements of the Lord’s Supper (bread and fruit of the vine) symbolize Christ’s atoning work.

__ The Lord’s Supper is an ordinance for the congregation to observe together.

Read and then answer questions below.

Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. Being a church ordinance, it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the Lord’s Supper. The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.

The sentence that refers to baptism as a trinitarian act:

2. Three things baptism pictures about Christ.

3. Three things baptism pictures about the person being baptized.

4. The word that refers to the mode of baptism.

5. The word that refers to the mode of baptism.

6. The statement that speaks of the relationship of baptism to church membership.

7 . The two things church members do by taking part in the Lord’s Supper.

Think about your baptism and Lord’s Supper observances you have experienced. Thank Christ for the two memorials He left us.